The Argentina Women’s Rugby Sevens Team will face from this Friday the Monaco Olympic Qualifying with the aim of classifying for the first time the Olympic Games.
The Yaguaretés will debut against Samoa from 10:56 with Star+ streaming. They have the Rio Negros on their roster Mayra Genghini and Josefina Padellaro and the neuquina Micaela Pallero.
On Saturday at 12:08 they will complete the first phase against Kenya. There are 11 countries in competition and only one will get a ticket to Paris.
Mayra Genghini: “It is a dream to qualify for the Games”
The cipoleña Mayra Genghini I’m going through «Get on the Podium» on RN Radio in communication from Monaco before the debut in the Pre-Olympic.
«It is a dream to qualify for the Olympic Games. China is our great rival, We in Uruguay already played a final with them and they also beat teams that play on the world circuit. I think the desire to be in Paris is going to give us that extra bit that we need to be able to beat them,” she analyzed.
«For this tournament we changed our defensive plan, let’s play with the 7 up. Two 7-minute halves are played but They are very intense matches«he added.
Of the first opponents, Kenya is the most demanding. «We lost both times we crossed paths with them. “They have very strong and fast players,” he said.
Genghini already competed in the pre-Olympic pre-Olympic Rio 2016 where Argentina was at the door of the classification. «It was crazy, we lost because of our mistakes. Now we have that sore. In these 8 years the level has increased a lot“We had many changes, more than anything physical, in terms of pace of play, speed, movement on the court and also the kilos we lifted in the gym, that gives us more strength in the fixed formations,” he noted.
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